Identification
BMDB Protein ID BMDBP01832
Secondary Accession Numbers None
Name Interferon tau-1
Synonyms Not Available
Gene Name IFNT1
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in cytokine activity
Specific Function Paracrine hormone primarily responsible for maternal recognition of pregnancy. Interacts with endometrial receptors, probably type I interferon receptors, and blocks estrogen receptor expression, preventing the estrogen-induced increase in oxytocin receptor expression in the endometrium. This results in the suppression of the pulsatile endometrial release of the luteolytic hormone prostaglandin F2-alpha, hindering the regression of the corpus luteum (luteolysis) and therefore a return to ovarian cyclicity. This, and a possible direct effect of IFN-tau on prostaglandin synthesis, leads in turn to continued ovarian progesterone secretion, which stimulates the secretion by the endometrium of the nutrients required for the growth of the conceptus. In summary, displays particularly high antiviral and antiproliferative potency concurrently with particular weak cytotoxicity, high antiluteolytic activity and immunomodulatory properties. In contrast with other IFNs, IFN-tau is not virally inducible.
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification Not Available
Cellular Location Not Available
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 8
Locus 8q15
SNPs IFNT1
Gene Sequence
>588 bp
ATGGCCTTCGTGCTCTCTCTACTGATGGCCCTGGTGCTGGTCAGCTACGGCCAGGGACGA
TCTCTGGGTTGTTACCTGTCTGAGGACCACATGCTAGGTGCCAGGGAGAACCTCAGGCTC
CTGGCCCGAATGAACAGACTCTCTCCTCATCCCTGTCTGCAGGACAGAAAAGACTTTGGT
CTTCCTCAGGAGATGGTGGAGGGCAACCAGCTCCAGAAGGATCAGGCTATCTCTGTGCTC
CACGAGATGCTCCAGCAGTGCCTCAACCTCTTCTACACAGAGCACTCGTCTGCTGCCTGG
AACACCACCCTCCTGGAGCAGCTCTGCACTGGGCTCCAACAGCAGCTGGAGGACCTGGAC
GCCTGCCTGGGCCCAGTGATGGGAGAGAAAGACTCTGACATGGGAAGGATGGGCCCCATT
CTGACTGTGAAGAAGTACTTCCAGGGTATCCATGTCTACCTGAAAGAAAAAGAATACAGT
GACTGCGCCTGGGAAATCATCAGAGTGGAGATGATGAGAGCCCTCTCTTCATCAACCACC
TTGCAAAAAAGGTTAAGAAAGATGGGTGGAGATCTGAACTCACTTTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 195
Molecular Weight 22134.0
Theoretical pI 6.35
Pfam Domain Function Not Available
Signals
  • 1-23
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Interferon tau-1
MAFVLSLLMALVLVSYGPGRSLGCYLSEDHMLGARENLRLLARMNRLSPHPCLQDRKDFG
LPQEMVEGNQLQKDQAISVLHEMLQQCFNLFYTEHSSAAWNTTLLEQLCTGLQQQLEDLD
ACLGPVMGEKDSDMGRMGPILTVKKYFQGIHVYLKEKEYSDCAWEIIRVEMMRALSSSTT
LQKRLRKMGGDLNSL
GenBank ID Protein AAA50458.2
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P15696
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name IFNT1_BOVIN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID M31557
GeneCard ID IFNT1
GenAtlas ID Not Available
HGNC ID Not Available
References
General References Not Available